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  • Published on 13:52 GMT

    Soft Machine Co-Founder Mike Ratledge Dead at 81

    Mike Ratledge, keyboardist and founding member of Soft Machine, has died. He was 81 years old. The news was confirmed by Ratledge's former bandmate and current Soft Machine guitarist John Etheridge in a Facebook post. "Incredibly sad news that my …

    Source: Classic Rock 105.1 - Louisiana - Label Pending
  • Published on Feb 5, 2025

    ‘Amused to Death’: The album Roger Waters called his “masterpiece”

    (Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Anyone who has been thrown out of a band is normally going to have some trouble finding their feet again. The whole process behind working with a group is to have someone to work ideas off of, but the minute that …

    Source: Far Out Magazine - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 5, 2025

    "He was the backbone of Soft Machine." Founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge dead at 81

    Soft Machine founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge has died aged 81, after a short illness, his former bandmate and current Soft Machine guitarist John Etheridge has confirmed. In a Facebook post earlier today Etheridge wrote, "Incredibly …

    Source: Prog - Label Pending
  • Published on Feb 3, 2025

    Soho Poly: The bizarre history of Pink Floyd’s old rehearsal space

    (Credits: Far Out / Chamitha Bandara) There is a common misconception that music begins and ends with the artist, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. The history of music is not a straight line but a haphazard mess of turning cogs. One cog …

    Source: Far Out Magazine - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 2, 2025

    What was the first hidden song?

    (Credits: Far Out / NASA / Uwe Conrad) A hidden song is like a little golden nugget of reward for true diehard fans at the end of an album. If you’re willing to sit through what is often minutes on end of silence then it’s the treasure trove at the …

    Source: Far Out Magazine - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 1, 2025

    The greatest British guitarist of all time, according to David Gilmour

    (Credits: Far Out / Anton_Corbijn) If someone were to compile a list of the best British guitarists in history, David Gilmour would have to be on there. Without his talent, Pink Floyd may never have become a truly culture-shaking act that forever …

    Source: Far Out Magazine - Neutral
  • Published on Jan 31, 2025

    How Roky Erickson lived out the plot of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’

    (Credits: Far Out / TIDAL) Amid the heady counterculture of 1966’s West Coast psychedelic scene, Texan garage rockers The 13th Floor Elevators stood as its leading innovators. Co-founded in Dallas by Roky Erickson, his reverb-drenched guitar barrage …

    Source: Far Out Magazine - Neutral
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